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Oh yeah, Cast Away had a fainting scene with Helen Hunt, I forgot about that one. Off the top of my head, I also remember seeing one in Christmas Vacation (the Grandma faints over something, I can't recall what exactly) and, a more recent one, Django Unchained, when Kerry Washington's character sees Django unexpectedly. There's got to be hundreds of these scenes.
I think Hollywood writers often don't feel their reveal is dramatic enough, so they up the ante with someone fainting to it. I'm surprised Tarantino, one of my favorite writers, stooped to that level though.
Yes, been wayyy too long! :)
Mine is so long, it has a knee! :)
So what if WE didn't know? I'm talking about this from Andy's perspective. Early on I wrote "Put yourself in Andy's shoes for a moment"... what the audience knew at that moment wasn't my point.
Yeah I get all that...my question/statement was that he'd still be in big legal trouble - and would be wanted/probably forever on the run - after committing additional crimes like escaping from prison, using forged documents, using stolen money, and crossing the border illegally, amongst other things.
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The cut out anything deemed bad...any criticisms of him, any obviously bad decisions made as president, how he treated AIDS patients, how his "corporations/rich-people-first" policies destroyed the middle class...which would have covered an entire Marvel-style collection of 34 movies...and instead just focused on the made-up right-wing propaganda nonsense (approx 1hr/45 minutes) and a few factual things (approx 15 minutes) and that filled about 2 hours.
Ok, I agree with all that...but I never said they "should have" done this or that...I simply said they "could have" done this or that. I even wrote "It's hard to say they made the wrong call, seeing they got out."
But yeah, this has to be one of the most amazing survival stories of all time. I think the hiker Aaron Ralston who cut off his own arm also belongs in the conversation of most amazing survival story.
I think the employee fits the definition almost perfectly. Sure, they mixed it up slightly, but it was certainly a Magical Negro. A Magical Negro is typically 1) Friendly and/or Trusted; and 2) Provides the main actor with what he needs to continue on with his/her story. This was clearly the case with the concert staff employee. Whether or not he provided the password as a friend or if he was tricked into it doesn't make any difference. He provided the password that moved the story along. Without the password, Hartnett is caught, and the story is over. The Magical Negro saved the day, from Hartnett's perspective at least.
Thank you, a regular response without attempting to argue or sounding like a moron! Nice. Oh yeah, I forgot about Downfall...probably should have been in my "Honorable Mention" list.
No I'm assuming that when someone says "What your Mount Rushmore of International Movies", they know I'm asking about non-English speaking films. Admittedly, with all the idiots in America, that was probably a terrible assumption. If you have a problem with how I worded it, then you really need to stop watching the Oscars, as they have a whole category with the title of the award referring to "International" films! Why would they do that?? ArE tHey aSsuMinG eVerYOne waTcHinG iS fRom the UsA?!?! ...That's you...See what a clown you sound like??
OMFG, what's up with you people? Referring to a group of 4 items as "Mount Rushmore" simply means you're comparing them to the all-time greats. I can say "What's your Mount Rushmore of foods?" without some clown saying "Wait a minute...you're comparing foods with a mountain!" It's simply an indication of what's the best four at any certain topic. But I imagine you know this already and were just being a dick.
I love when someone says something that positions them as the mature adult, then says something like "Now you're on ignore" like a child would.
He knew EXACTLY what I meant, which is why he wrote "Aren't all or nearly all well-known movies international."...no way you ask that question without knowing what I meant.
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Oh STFU and answer the question! U know what I meant.
You just say Bingo.
Barbie was so bad, I nearly walked out before it ended...and I was on a plane!! :)
Lol...yes!
Gross! Wonka had sex with that "un-showered for decades" girl!
Even if never showering were remotely possible for a race of people, and it isn't, where are they crapping?! Where's the sewer system?! Any sewer system would need water. And before you go here...Covering crap in sand isn't the same as burying it in soil, it doesn't deteriorate well in sand without being exposed to the sun. There seemed to be millions of people in that final scene, hundreds of thousands at the very least...that would be a lot of crap-covering without much deterioration! The sand surrounding the area where these millions of people lived would get really nasty really fast. And no water to wash your a-hole?! Oh man, that poorly-washed area wouldn't stay very healthy for long! There would be no reality where a race of millions of people like this could exist without plenty of drinking/cooking/cleaning/bathing water. There are desert-dwellers/nomads here on Earth...but they all have access to water to drink and clean themselves at least occasionally. And since there aren't millions of them, their feces is spread out over vast expanses, not a problem.